#damn yankees

[marypickfords]

Damn Yankees (George Abbott & Stanley Donen, 1958)

[citizenscreen]

The original Broadway production of “Damn Yankees” opened at the 46th Street Theatre on May 5, 1955. Starring Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston, directed by George Abbott and choreographed by Bob Fosse.

[jamieannmason]

More morning coffee hijinks!!😋 Karaoke doesn't always have to happen in a bar!!😆

What song would you sing🎤??

[heavymetal]

Kik Tracee followed by VVI. 👌

[thealmightyemprex]

Stanley Donen used the Devil as a character in at least 3 of his films

So I knew who Stanley Donen was ,director of Singing in the Rain among other classics..........And I guess I never realized THREE of my favorite protrayals of the DEvil happened to have come from the same filmmaker

Ray Walston in Damn Yankees

Peter Cook in Bedazzled

And Bob Fosse in the Little Prince

And while very diffrent performances ,they all three lean into the idea of the Devil as ......Like a buddy who is trying to scam you or at least get you to make an objectively bad decision

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[fredandginger64]

I had forgotten about the telegram Dean sent to Jerry in February, 1995, and when I saw it, tears came to my eyes and I muttered, "Ah Dean," to myself. He loved Jerry so very much. The old bitterness was gone and love remained. These two will take your heart and break it. into. I love them so much❤️

[anitapallenberg]

Damn Yankees (1958) | Dir. Stanley Donen and George Abbott

[film-classics]

Tab Hunter

Tab Hunter (born Arthur Andrew Kelm in Manhattan, New York on July 11, 1931) was an American actor who joined the United States Coast Guard at 15, lying about his age to enlist. After being discharged when his true age was revealed, he was introduced to infamous talent agent, Henry Willson, who gave him his stage name and got him casted in his first film. His breakthrough came when he played the young Marine Danny in 1955's World War II drama Battle Cry from Warner Bros., which resulted in one of the three last exclusive contracts at the studio. His most notable role was of Joe Hardy of Washington, D.C.'s American League baseball club in the musical Damn Yankees (1958). He also became a recording artist, and in 1957, released "Young Love," which was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six weeks. His numerous hits led Jack L. Warner to establishing Warner Bros. Records. After peaking in the 1950s, his TV and movie appearances lessened. His last role came in the horse-themed family film Dark Horse (1992), which he wrote and co-produced. His autobiography, Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star (2005), co-written with Eddie Muller, became a New York Times bestseller. It entered the bestseller list for a third time in 2015, upon the release of Tab Hunter Confidential, an award-winning documentary based upon the memoir. 

On July 8, 2018, three days shy of his 87th birthday, he suddenly died after suffering cardiac arrest that arose from complications related to deep vein thrombosis.

Ten Selected Works:

Island of Desire (1952) as Marine Corporal Michael J. "Chicken" Dugan

Battle Cry (1955) as Danny Forrester

The Burning Hills (1956) as Trace Jordan

The Girl He Left Behind (1956) as Andy L. Shaeffer

Lafayette Escadrille (1958) as Thad Walker

Damn Yankees (1958) as Joe Hardy

That Kind of Woman (1959) as Red

The Tab Hunter Show (TV Series, 1960-1961) as Paul Morgan

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) as Sam Dodd

 Sweet Kill (1973) as Eddie Collins